AIRLINE CRASH SURVIVORS TELL HOW SHIP LANDED IN MARSH
All 16 aboard the Eastern Airlines Douglas 21 passenger plane survived a brutal squall crash near Vero Beach Florida. Pilot Gerald O Brien guided a right side up water landing after dropping 2,500 feet, helping passengers and crew escape in waist deep water before dawn.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Gerald O Brien
O'Brien
A. G. Memigre
West Palm Beach
EAL
Hin
O’brien
Trent
MeIntyre
Meiintyre Yalked
McIntyre
Brien
Fort Pierce
George “We. Crile
Cleveland
Crile
Daniel P. Quiring
Cleveland Clinic
Woman Stranded in Doctor Office Without Clothes
Des Moines April 4. Mrs. Carrie Miller was stranded in a chiropractor office without clothing after a thief pried open a window and lifted part of her clothes and her purse. Detectives found the abandoned items in an alley and recovered them.
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Des Moines
iMrs
Carrie Miller
Big Rush for That Book in St. Louis
In St. Louis on April 4 the City Hall sees a rush for copies of the book detailing city jobs. Republicans, eager to see Becker, a Republican, replace incumbent Dickmann as mayor, surge to read the volume. The scene reflects early post election interest in city staffing and governance.
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ST. Louis
Playes of
Willem Dee Becker
Bernard F. Dickmann
Hitler Eyes Balkan War as Yugoslav Fallout Looms
News analysis by Dewitt Mackenzie notes Hitler could strike in Yugoslavia to avert a larger Balkan war front. It discusses possible German forces in the region, potential Turkish involvement, and the strategic options across the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.
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Dewitt Mackenzle
Balkans
Herve Hitler
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkan
British Isles
U S rejects Axis protests over seizure of ships
Washington reports the United States rejects German and Italian protests over Axis ship seizures. The action, the AP notes, is cited as necessary to protect vessels in American harbors from sabotage amid rising war tensions. The dispatch highlights Europe-wide maneuvers, including Nazi pressure on Yugoslavia, Italian efforts with Greece, and RAF activity near Brest.
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Bulgaria
Poland
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Eritrea
Addis Ababa
RAF
Brest
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
England
Bristol
London
Washington
United States
Hitler
North Atlantic
U.S
Airport News Shows New Taylorcraft Demo at Jefferson City
Flying was limited at the airport today due to poor visibility but instructors John Randolph and Dave Horn demonstrated the new Taylorcraft brought by A. B. Livingstone of Waterloo, Ia. Riders included Bernel Swede Oeschner Les Frank Jimmy Hunter Bob Blosser and the writer. Candy the dog joined as a new airport boarder while low ceilings and mist led chief instructor Randolph to close hangar planes. Livingston stays in Jefferson City tonight and will demonstrate in Columbia tomorrow.
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John Randolph
Dave Horn
A. B. Livingston
Waterloo
Bernel
Candy
Randolph
Livingston
Jefferson City
Columbia
Manufacturers Asked To Cure Use Of Metals
Defense officials launch a voluntary campaign to conserve strategic materials essential to the armament program. OPM’s conservation unit will meet with manufacturers and merchants to discuss substitutions and reduce civilian use. McConnell says tin can makers and large merchandisers are targets, with meetings set for April 18 and 17 to plan substitutes and shift merchandising emphasis. Consumers may be asked to buy goods made from nonessential materials if needed.
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Washington
Defense
Office of Production Management
Robert E. McConnell
OPM
Wes
McConnell
Brinkley bankruptcy order set aside in Arkansas
Little Rock Arkansas April 4 AP Lee Cazort federal bankruptcy referee Eastern Arkansas set aside his March 22 involuntary bankruptcy order against Mrs Minnie T Brinkley of Del Rio Texas wife of Dr John R B Brinkley The petition of E P Lambert administrator of the estate of Clovis was dismissed on motion of Brinkley attorneys The order sold aside the original adjudication and noted claims of 316000 were secured by a lien on real property in Saline County Arkansas where Dr Brinkley once operated a hospital
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Little Rock
Ark
Lee Cazort
Arkansas
del Rio
Tex
John RB. Brinkley
E. P. Lambert
Clovis
No Immediate Change From Price Pegging in St Louis
Produce and poultry dealers said no immediate change would occur in St Louis after the government set minimum prices. They expected the move to give dealers confidence that prices would not fall below the established level. Hog prices at East St Louis rose 5 to 10 cents, with a practical top of $8.00.
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Louis
East St. Louis
Peter
Haile Selassies Rise Tied to British Push in Ethiopia
Haile Selassie aims to reestablish his emperor title as British forces advance in Ethiopia. Eritrea and Italian Somaliland are referenced amid mountain upland terrain while Ethiopians resist. The report notes Texas as 262,398 square miles in area.
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Haile-Selagnie
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Texas
U S Railroads Shop Early For Metals
Birmingham district reports heavy orders for steel to meet 1942 defense production. Railroads, major steel customers, placed substantial tonnage to avoid later jams as national defense orders surge. Africa supplies over half of global diamonds with South Africa leading.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Defense
Africa
New York
South Africa
Ethiopia Quiz Questions on History and Geography
A classroom style set of five questions covers Ethiopia, asking about a public figure from 1935 36 the two other territories of Italian Somaliland and Eritrea the major terrain of the country the 1896 Adwa victory and a compare of Ethiopia's area 350 000 square miles to Texas with a total possible score of 100 points.
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Ethiopia
State of
Texas
Toosevelts May Strike Defense Over Wage Demands
Continued trave page outlines labor actions across multiple plants. CIO crane workers at Bethlehem Steel Pottsville halt shows, AFL electrical workers near Cornell Dubilier plan return with wage gains, CIO Delco Remy in Bloomfield walkout over nonunion workers, Michigan Bantam Car production paused, and Chicago Union Stockyards faces a federal dispute with 6000 employees seeking pay and hour adjustments amid threats of a strike.
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CIO
Bethlehem Steel Company
Pottstown
South Plainfield
AFL
Cornell Dubilier
National Défense Mediation Board
Bloomfield
N. J
Delco Remy Battery
General Motors
Michigan
American Bantam Car Corporation
Butler
Chicago
Farm accident claims life in Missouri
Kansas City April 4 AP Robert W Starkweather 49 died last night from injuries after a fall under a bare row on his brother's farm near Gashland Missouri.
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Kansas City
Robert W. Starkweather
Gashland
Amateur Garden Men Urged to Plant Edibles in Defense Drive
CHICAGO April 4 AP The Men's Garden Clubs of America urge thousands of amateur gardeners to grow 5,000,000 defense gardens this season. President Hoyt Paxton of Elmhurst says a national committee is formed with regional chairmen named, to encourage vegetable cultivation for family use and to assist garden allotments for those who need space. The drive aims to avoid transportation delays for defense materials by growing own edible produce. Paxton notes past plantings to prevent a flower-tearing rush and cites 1938 figures of 250,000.
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Chicago
America
Q Hoyt Paxton
Elmhurst
Oranization
Zarden
F. F. Rockwell
New York
EB. R. Seese
Highland Park
Paxton
Paxton Warns of Labor Shift From Market Gardens
Paxton argues higher wages and shorter factory hours pull workers from market gardens. He warns conscripts will eat more food than at home, and most of the year’s canned vegetables will be purchased by the government, leaving civilians uncertain of canned goods.
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Paxton
Naval Reserve seeks 35 new enlistees for Class V-6
Chief Quartermaster T. Hackett said a Navy order requests 35 men for Class V-6 of the U S Naval Reserve. Applicants aged 17 to 50 are eligible. The class covers various hospital corps of the naval reserve. The recruiting office is in Room 208 of the post office building.
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T. Hackett
U.S. Naval Recruiting Office
U.S. Navy
U. S. Naval Reserve
Hackett
I. 8
Naval Reserve
Navy Recruiting Office
Bost
Stock Exchange Chief to Report for Training
New York April 4 AP William McChesney Martin Jr 34 year old President of the New York Stock Exchange was notified to report April 16 for military training. Exchange officials had anticipated a May call and set up a committee to find a new president.
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New York
William McChesney Martin, Jr
New Yor Stock Exchange
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